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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council on Monday announced the compulsory retirement of the Acting Chief Judge of Abia state, Justice Shadrack O.E. Nwanosike over the falsification of his date of birth.The council found that Nwanosike falsified his date of birth which invariably affected his retirement age and ordered him to embark on a compulsory retirement.

The council, in a press release signed by Mr. Soji Oye, the Acting Director of Information and made available to newsmen in Abuja, stated that the compulsory retirement slammed on the Abia state Acting Chief Judge was part of the recommendation of the council at its meeting presided by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, held on 17th & 18th July.

Sidney Esiri a.k.a Dr Sid is one of the artistes making waves in the Nigerian music industry.The son of late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, opens up on his relationship with his late father and his love life.Excerpts:How has the journey been? It has been interesting and full of ups and downs, I have learnt and experienced a lot, everything I have gone through today has made me a better artiste and has prepared me for all the things I am set to do in the next couple of months.

The current political, ethnic and religious tensions in the country, accentuated by the tussle for the 2015 Presidency, have begun to make many people raise the alarm that the often misquoted and misrepresented personal comments of the participants at the United States’ National Intelligence Council conference of the possibility of a break-up of Nigeria in 2015, if certain things occurred, is about to come to fruition.

Policemen attached to the Badagry Police Division, Lagos State, and some hoodlums have been accused of killing a 25-year-old undergraduate of Delta State University, Ifechukwude Nwainokpor, and his friend, identified simply as Kazeem.An eight-minute video clip of the gruesome killing, which was made available to PUNCH Metro, showed the two victims handcuffed together. They were covered in their own blood and beaten to death with sticks. Tyres were also put round their necks.

An irate mob could be seen in the video, shouting, “die, die, burn them, burn them.”

Valdeci Sobrino Picanto is a Brazilian Evangelical Pastor. He has been arrested after deceiving the faithful using the name of the "Holy Spirit", by saying foolish lies. He said his penis was blessed and that "the Lord had consecrated him with divine milk of the ''Holy Spirit" and, of course, he had to release it in order to "evangelize"."He has convinced us that only God could come into our lives through our mouth and that's why he would do what he did". Often, after worship, pastor Valdeci would take us to where the funds were kept at the back of the Church and asked us to have Or-al se-x with him until the Holy Spirit would come through ejacu-lation". This is the testimony of one of his victims.The pastor is already in jail, but said he intends to continue watering his cellmates with his sacred milk.

Britain’s government on Monday defended a controversial campaign featuring vans with billboards urging illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest”, after criticism from a senior minister.Two trucks, each displaying a huge poster with a number for migrants to text if they wish to return to their country of origin, were driven around six London boroughs for a week in a pilot scheme by the interior ministry.

Posters, leaflets and advertisements in local newspapers will run for a further month.In the UK illegally mobile billboardContinue..

Irrespective of the feud between their husbands, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state and Goodluck Jonathan, their wives are still best of friends. Governor Rotimi's wife, Judith, hosted the first lady in Port Hacourt overt the weekend, to mourn her mother's death. You will recall that her mum died via a ghastly motor crash.

Conrad Murray is reportedly threatening to reveal ‘explosive‘ secrets about Michael Jackson and his family on TV when he is released from prison in October.

The disgraced former doctor – who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after delivering a fatal dose of Propofol to the King of Pop in June 2009 – has reportedly been fielding multi-million dollar deals to tell-all about the late singer and his family when he is granted an early release from prison in October.

Murray has warned the ‘Thriller‘ star’s family that if they continue to push him ‘to the limit’ by slating him in the press and in their wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoters AEG Live, he will not hesitate to dish the dirt on Michael’s relatives – which he claims could ‘tarnish’ their reputations.Continue.....

Doctors at the General Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, are seriously battling to save the life of an 11-year old girl, Ita Bassey-Eno, who was allegedly set ablaze by the woman she lives with, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, a nurse at a hospital in Surulere.Ita Bassey-Eno in critical condition

Iroakazi was alleged to have poured kerosene on Bassey-Eno before lighting a match stick to set her ablaze after the girl was said to have stolen a piece of meat from the pot.Continue..

In the video below, 49-year-old Senator, Ahmed Yerima who wedded his 13-year-old bride in Abuja, has come out to openly defend underage marriage. It is important to note that, as at now marriage for anyone under the age of 18 is illegal, so one has to wonder why the senator is still in jail. He uses his religion of Islam to defend his stance below; Continue After The Break..